What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Cloud Architect V position at Williams?
The IT Architect V is responsible for designing the structure of specific IT systems and supervising programs to ensure the architecture is properly implemented. This role will apply technical skills and work with internal / external business partners to create a vision and roadmap. This is a challenging position that will enable you to utilize your technical, problem solving, communication, and leadership skills. We appreciate a new perspective on solutions for our ever-evolving IT needs!
The IT Architect V - Cloud Architect will be instrumental in bringing to bear sophisticated Infrastructure-as-Code techniques to architect, deploy, maintain, operate, and optimize our cloud infrastructure in line with the organization's strategic needs. They will work closely with our Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) Architects, Enterprise Architects, Application Owners, and other Cloud Engineers to resolve and deliver these needs.
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
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- Decomposes systems into smaller components and viewpoints, along with the enforced rules that enable consistent design across the enterprise
- Defines the application tiers, frameworks, components types and interfaces; specifies and provides ownership of reusable application components or reusable application code and supports the Enterprise Application Integration
- Defines the visual roadmap and performs design reviews
- Monitors emerging standards, sets standards and technologies to be used by the enterprise
- Crafts the architecture vision, conceptualizes and experiments with alternative architectural approaches; builds models, components and interface specification documents; validates the architecture against requirements and assumptions
- Translates business requirements into repeatable design strategies, systems qualities and patterns
- Solves problems with developers, addresses ongoing revisions / improvements of the architecture
- Analyzes competitors, products, strategies and product generation processes
- Surveys external emerging developments, new technologies, standards and methodologies
- Mentors, teaches, consults with other team members
- Other duties as assigned
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About Tulsa :
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Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire . With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
